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President Obama is bullish on science funding as a way to revive the economy. The stimulus package passed in February included big bucks to jump-start biomedical research: $10.4 billion in new funding
for the National Institutes of Health, an effective 34 percent increase
in its budget. In theory, health-related work is an easy,
uncontroversial place to pour dollars. But the prospect of such a
sudden and unexpected bounty has shaken the slow-moving world of
research and whipped scientists into a near-paralytic frenzy... Read More